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Hand-made Yixing teapots are also valuable handicrafts sought after by collectors

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The artist has made efforts to stretch the red clay in lyrical fashion

landmark gaiwan large oolong_yancha Hand-made Yixing teapots are alsoEmerging from the table like a titanic sculpture, this large and thick gaiwan by Liu Shisan is weighty and monolithic, with a textured glazes suggesting roughly carved marble and oxidised iron. The clay has been carefully worked to keep the two from encroaching on one another, and the dark pedestalled foot and button with a shallow basin resemble nothing so much as an old stone and bronze fountain just waiting for water. The wide, sturdy construction